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Maitland Gets AIFMD Authorization in Luxembourg
Wealth manager Maitland has been authorized by the Luxembourg regulator CSSF to operate as an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) to third-party alternative investment funds (AIFs), and to offer fully compliant AIFMD management company services.
ESMA Selects Data Advisers
Pan-European regulator the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has named the 20 members of a market data consultative group charged with advising the watchdog on potential data complications stemming from the overlap of two recent pan…
Singapore's UOB Joins Eurex Clearing
Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has become the first Asian member to join Eurex Clearing.
Markit to Seek Listing on Nasdaq
Information and systems vendor Markit will pursue a listing for its planned initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq, the exchange group has confirmed.
JSE Maps Out Derivatives Data Migration
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) plans to start delivering derivatives market data to London-based trading firms via its point-of-presence at Equinix's LD4 datacenter in Slough within the next two to three years, as part of its ongoing migration to…
CFH Group to Acquire Half of Boston Technologies
CFH Group, the holding firm for a number of trading technology companies, has announced that it will buy a 50-percent stake in foreign exchange (FX) specialist Boston Technologies, pending final due diligence.
Tradier Offers Discounted MotiveWave Analytics Access
Cloud-based brokerage platform Tradier is offering clients access to analytics provider MotiveWave's tools at discounted rates or free of charge, depending on the level of trading they conduct via the platform.
Scivantage Integrates TickSmith Tick Data
Online brokerage technology provider Scivantage has incorporated Montreal-based startup tick data provider TickSmith Corp.'s historical intraday and end-of-day tick data into its Scivantage Investor brokerage platform to provide its clients with…
Burton-Taylor Seeks to Grow Survey Sample for Industry Report
Data consultancy and industry research firm Burton-Taylor International Consulting has opened the survey period for its annual report, which details industry spending growth on data services by region and job function, and is urging more firms to…
Industry Participants Asked for Views on Demand for Data
Burton-Taylor International Consulting is asking industry participants to take part in its annual survey of demand for financial data, which has previously highlighted growing requirements for pricing and reference data
Nasdaq OMX Adopts Bloomberg Open Symbology
Nasdaq OMX says incorporation of Bloomberg's security identifiers into its market data feed will improve transparency and help clients to streamline data integration
Eagle Alpha Bows Social Data ‘Influencer' Lists for Quant Traders
Startup social media data provider Eagle Alpha has released Quant Offering, a stream of posts from targeted subject lists of around 10,000 individuals on Twitter that the vendor has deemed market-moving influencers, which it says will boost the…
Icap Launches UK-Based SEF
Interdealer broker Icap has officially launched its London-based swap execution facility (SEF), IGDL.
BNP Paribas Connects to The Order Machine
BNP Paribas has connected to The Order Machine (TOM) to access shares, derivatives and exchange-traded funds transacted on the Dutch multilateral trading facility (MTF).
Nasdaq Breaks New Ground with FX Surveillance Module
Nasdaq OMX has announced the release of a surveillance platform specifically designed to monitor trading activity in foreign-exchange (FX) markets, named Smarts FX Trade Surveillance.
Fonetic to Set Up Shop in US
Madrid-based Fonetic has created a New York-based entity, Fonetic USA, for selling its voice recognition and linguistics analytics software. It will be led by Simon Richards, previously VP of global sales and marketing.
HFN Wireless Network Halves Latency Between NJ2, NY4 Datacenters
Paramus, NJ-based network provider Hudson Fiber Network (HFN) has gone live with a new radio frequency (RF) wireless route between two key datacenter locations in New Jersey, halving the latency of HFN's previous fiber-only routes between the facilities.
Tsianaxis Joins Accenture
Vangelis Tsianaxis, who has worked on identifier, financial crime and risk issues at Deloitte and Citi, has joined the consulting firm
CdR Capital Taps Advent Software for Wealth Management Solution
Switzerland-based private investment firm CdR Capital has selected Advent Software’s wealth management solution, Advent Portfolio Exchange (APX), to support its portfolio and client relationship management practices.
Interactive Data Names Lauterbach President, Managed Solutions
Market data vendor Interactive Data has hired Joachim Lauterbach as president, global head and chairman of the board of Interactive Data Managed Solutions (IDMS).
Markit Launches Loan Covenant Interface
The Markit Loan Covenant Library is intended to support better analysis of loan covenant data, and is expected to grow to cover 6,000 covenants by the third quarter of the year.
Rimes Appoints Cumberbatch to Senior Reference Data Role
Rimes Technologies has announced that a former Interactive Data executive, Bob Cumberbatch, will head up its reference data segment.
Nasdaq, MasterCard Ally for Distribution Deal
Nasdaq OMX has signed a distribution deal with MasterCard Advisors, the professional services arm of multinational financial services corporation MasterCard, to redistribute MasterCard's macro-economic reports on global retail sales activity through its…
LarrainVial Selects Raptor for Connectivity
Raptor Trading Systems has announced that Chilean broker LarrainVial, one of the largest financial institutions in the LatAm region, has implemented its connectivity platform for market accessibility.